Water-closet coupling.



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WATER CLOSET CUPLING.

(Application led Sept. 25, 1902.)

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EDMOND C. SMITH, OF SAUGATUCK, AND CYRS L. MEADE, JR., OF WEST- PORT,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE SANITARY COUPLING COM- PANY, OF SAUGATUCK,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

WATER-CLOSET COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,014, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed September 25, 1902. Serial No. 124,789. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDMOND C. SMITH, residing at Saugatuck, and CYRUSL. MEADE, Jr.,residing at Westport, county of Fairfield,

State of Connecticut, citizens of the United States,have invented anewand useful Water- Closet Coupling, (Case 0,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain improveio ments in couplings forwater-closets, and has for its object to provide a coupling between asoil-pipe and a ceramic bowl which shall be thoroughly sanitary, as theescape of sewergas is made impossible, of few parts which I5 arerelatively inexpensive and easily put together, and thoroughly durable,as the bowl is not attached to the floor, but to a metal base, so thatall difficulty in setting up and danger of breakage owing to unevennessof zo floors and their swelling,shrinkng, or. settling is avoided.

It is an essential feature of this invention that we produce awater-closet coupling in which the soil-pipe is secured to and suspendz5ed from a metal base, and without connection either with the iioor orthe bowl.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists incertain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and

3o combinations, which will be hereinafter def scribed, and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich like characters of reference indicate the same parts,

the four figures are sectional views illustrating variant forms in whichwe have exempliiied the principle of our invention.

A denotes a ceramic water-closet bowl hav- 4o ing a flange 10; B, ametal base having an upper ilange 11, corresponding with flange 10 uponthe bowl, and a lower flange 12, which rests upon the floor C; D, atwo-part clamp adapted to engage anges 10 and 11 and secure the bowl tothe base, and E is a soilpipe whose upper end is flanged over, as at 13,as a means of rigidly securing it to the base.

In the form illustrated in Figure 1 the fiange 5o upon the soil-pipe isinclined downward, so as toadapt it to hook onto acorrespondingly-inclined internal shoulder 14 near the top of the base.Suitable packing l5, ordinarily a gasket, is interposed between theanges 10 and 11 upon the bowl and the base, respec- 55 tively. Solder,as at 24, may or may not be used to rigidly secure the iiange of thesoilpipe to the shoulder on the base.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 2 the flange 13 upon the soil-pipeengages an internal 6o shoulder 16 at approximately the mid-height ofthe base, and the bowl is provided with a depending collar 17, whichpasses within the opening in the base. The packing 15 in this form liesbetween the bowl and the base, outside of collar 17.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 3 the soilpipe passes up entirelythrough the base, and the ange 13 of the soil-pipe rests upon the top ofthe base and is secured thereto by sol- 7o der, as at 24. In this formthe lower end of the bowl is provided with a recess 23, which receivesflange 13 loosely, a packing 15, as a gasket, being placed between thebowl and the base, outside of the recess.

The form illustrated in Fig. l differs from the form in Fig. 3 only inthat no recess 23 is formed in the under side of the bowl, and theiiange 13 of the soil-pipe is made much wider and may extend entirelyacross the base, 8o packing 15, as a gasket, being interposed betweenthe bowl and the top of the ange.

In setting upawater-closet where our novel coupling is used thesoil-pipe is passed up through the iloor, the metal base placed over thesoil-pipe and secured in place, then the upper end of the soil-pipe isflanged over either upon aninternal shoulder on the base or over the topof the base, so as to secure it thereto, and then the bowl is placed inposi- 9o tion on the base and secured there by a twopart clamp engagingiianges on the base and bowl, respectively, as clearly shown in thedrawings, packing, as a gasket, being always used between the bowl andthe base, except as in Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. The combination with awater-closet bowl having an outwardly extending hat faced Ioo 1o flangeat its lower end, of a metallic base having a horizontally-extendedupper seat for the lange of the bowl and an extended internal bore, aninternal annular shoulder being formed in said base above said borearranged 15 to support the flanged upper end of a soilpipe, and meansfor clamping the bowl and the base together.

3. The combination with a water-closet bowl having an outwardlyextending llat faced zo flange at its lower end, of a metallic basehavinga horizontally-extended upperseat for the flange of the bowl andan extended internal bore, an internal undercut shoulder being formed insaid base above said bore, said shoulder being arranged to support theflanged upper end of a soil-pipe, and means for clamping the bowl andbase together.

4. The combination with a water-oloset bowl having anoutwardly-extending flat-faced flange atits lower end, of a metallicbase having a horizontally-extended upper seat for the flange of thebowl and an extended internal bore, au internal undercut shoulder beingformed in said base above said bore, means for clamping the bowl andbase together, a soil-pipe having a flanged upper end resting on saidshoulder, and means for securing said flanged end in position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EDMOND C. SMITH. CYRUS L. MEADE, JR.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woos'rni, S. W. ATHERTON.

